Day 330 - Entertaining Guests

We went to one of my aunts' house to watch the opening of the Rugby World Cup, which they'd recorded from TV. While we were waiting for my aunt to set up, her 11-year-old daughter J played the piano.

Day 271 - Mini-Reunion

Oh how busy our lives have become. We can't even get complete attendance, let alone go on a summer outing. :( Actually, we have Christmas parties in March and birthday celebrations 3 months after ones birthday, too. I don't know why everyone else in our lives is more prioritized, but maybe it's because we know that we'll always be there for each other no matter what? I'm being too sentimental.

This is me and 2 of my college friends, X and G. The cute little boy is X's son (my godson!) A. He's turning 5 this August.

Anyway, we all ate lunch @ Tempura in ATC today (one of my favorite restuarants, despite their betrayal) and had some Serenitea. Happy day with my happy friends. I wish we lived closer to each other (X lives in Laguna, G in Makati, and our other friends who aren't in this photo--M, G2 and R live in Makati, Manila, and Singapore (!)) and had more free time.

Day 235 - Gabbie's Day Out

My 6-year-old nephew G wanted to try out for his school's football team so my cousin Ate N asked my brother, who used to play for our high school's football team, to help him practice. I and our other cousin tagged along because, well what else is there to do on a Sunday afternoon?

It was a lot of fun. Since he's 6 years old, we didn't really have to take everything seriously, so we pretty much just ran around, kicked the ball to different directions and had G chase us. :P

It was such a strange moment, though. Like something out of an advertisement for something family-oriented. I mean, the only thing we lacked was a picnic basket. Thanks much to the currently empty lots at Bonifacio High Street for making it possible. You can't really find a lot of grassy areas in the city, hence my initial thought that playing football with your 6-year-old nephew just isn't something that happens in real life.

Well, here's something negative to think about: it's kind of sad to think that perhaps this very spot we were playing on will be the location of a building (or worse, a parking lot) next year, or maybe even later this year. So maybe we need to go there more often before it's gone. I think we all need the exercise anyway. ;)

Day 160 - Birthday Party!

Another one of my godsons, J celebrated his 2nd birthday today. :) And because I wasn't able to stay at his party last year, my friend/ex-teacher Miss L insisted that I stay this year. But she must've sensed that I'd have nobody to talk to seeing as all the guests were her friends and relatives and co-teachers (none of whom I'm close to) so she gave me the role of photographer. So I wouldn't be bored. I fully embraced my role, which is why I'm so close to them here while they were singing the Happy Birthday song.

P.S. Special appearance by Captain Shakey. Or his name Captain Shakey's?

P.P.S. A Shakey's birthday party isn't bad at all. :) The food was two different kinds of pasta -- red and white sauce, mojo potatoes, garlic bread, and fried chicken. And it's unlimited, too. :) Way way better than the Jollibee/McDonald's birthday parties with the styrofoam containers.

Day 129 - Nap Time

I went to visit my friend X and my godson A today. We watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on DVD while snacking on a Greenwich Cheese Overload Pizza. I missed them a lot. A is so much fun and X is one of the few people I can talk all day with about Harry Potter. :)

Halfway through the movie, A fell asleep on the couch. That's his school bag beside him, he was showing it to me earlier that afternoon. He's 4 years old now (just turned 4 last August) and is in Pre-School (Nursery).

Day 62 - My Godson

For her birthday, and because her son did so well in his exams (he got perfect scores in Math! so, it's kindergarten, but who cares? a perfect test score is a perfect test score!), my friend X took herself and her son out for a movie. Because I happened to be in the same mall at the same time (totally by coincidence), I joined them for lunch at Amici, the newly opened restaurant that I'd been itching to go to.

Other than pasta and lunch food, Amici also has ice cream, so we ate that, too. In this picture, my godson M is eating mint and chocolate ice cream. As for his expression, I have no idea what's going on. He just made that face as soon as he saw my camera :P

Day 23 - The Neighbor's Kid

KID AND YAKULT - M, the neighbor's kid, offering me a Yakult in our kitchen

I got home early today. So I got to hang out with the neighbor's kid who sometimes visits us during the afternoon. He's only 2 and 1/2 years old so he doesn't go to school yet. That means he doesn't have anything better to do. :P He's also afraid of our dog.